Tight end, Rice, 2008–⁠12

Luke Willson

Number
No. 82
Height
6′5″
Hometown
LaSalle, ON
Born
Jan 15, 1990

Luke Willson played tight end at Rice (2008–⁠12). The Seattle Seahawks took Willson in round 5, No. 158 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
425
Receiving yards, 2010 (Rice, 4–⁠8)
Drafted
No. 158
Round 5, 2013 NFL Draft (Seattle Seahawks)

Career highs

7catches, best game on filevs. Tulsa, 2011104receiving yards, best game on filevs. Tulsa, 2011

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2009Rice712217.4152
2010Rice3342512.9355
2011Rice2931310.8340
2012Rice912614.0242
On file (2009–⁠12)7898612.6955

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Rice82TE
2010Rice82TE
2011Rice82TE
2012Rice82TE6′5″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2012 Rice 6 games, 9 catches, 126 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 30vs.UCLAL 24–⁠49218110
Sep 15atLouisiana TechL 37–⁠56112012
Oct 13vs.UTSAW 34–⁠14114014
Oct 20atTulsaL 24–⁠282918
Nov 3atTulaneW 49–⁠47259042
Nov 17vs.SMUW 36–⁠14114014
2011 Rice 8 games, 29 catches, 313 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 3atTexasL 9–⁠3421609
Sep 10vs.PurdueW 24–⁠22436122
Sep 24atBaylorL 31–⁠56552022
Oct 1atSouthern MissL 24–⁠48434011
Oct 8vs.MemphisW 28–⁠6558124
Oct 15atMarshallL 20–⁠24111011
Oct 22vs.TulsaL 20–⁠387104140
Nov 26atSMUL 24–⁠271202
2010 Rice 10 games, 33 catches, 425 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 4vs.TexasL 17–⁠34322013
Sep 11atNorth TexasW 32–⁠31486127
Sep 18vs.NorthwesternL 13–⁠30537018
Sep 25vs.BaylorL 13–⁠302203
Oct 2vs.SMUL 31–⁠421606
Oct 16vs.HoustonW 34–⁠31346129
Oct 23atUCFL 14–⁠41431015
Nov 6atTulsaL 27–⁠64285155
Nov 13atTulaneL 49–⁠54665019
Nov 27vs.UABW 28–⁠23345021
2009 Rice 6 games, 7 catches, 122 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 5atUABL 24–⁠44152152
Sep 12atTexas TechL 10–⁠55117017
Sep 26vs.VanderbiltL 17–⁠36216012
Oct 3vs.TulsaL 10–⁠27120020
Nov 14vs.TulaneW 28–⁠201909
Nov 28atHoustonL 14–⁠731808

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2013
Height6′5⅜″
Weight251 lb
Arm length32⅝″
Hand size9½″
40-yard dash4.51 s
10-yard split1.53 sW
Vertical jump38″
Broad jump10′2″
Bench press23 reps
3-cone drill7.08 s
20-yard shuttle4.29 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

8 seasons, 82 games with a stat; latest team: Seattle Seahawks.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2013Seattle Seahawks13202721
2014Seattle Seahawks13223623
2015Seattle Seahawks13172131
2016Seattle Seahawks10151292
2017Seattle Seahawks14151534
2018Detroit Lions1013870
2019Seattle Seahawks78790
2020Baltimore Ravens21120
NFL career821111,30711

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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